Posted 29 May 2014 - 11:37 AM
Well since everyone answered my question, I'll put my two cents.
If NaruSaku never exist, and when I say never exist, I mean no developments between them at all, not even friendship, would my opinion change on NH? My answer is no, though I would say that it's the main event level of romance of the series because it's the only one dealing with the protagonist himself. My opinion on it won't change much, just would say the grade of the romance would be "average". I wouldn't start investing NH because it does have the level of open ending being in 70% possibility. Plus it's something I have seen many times in other series or movies. Would I think it's nice to see them together, oppose to the current me thinking it's "whatever?" Well, this is the reason why I included "if NaruSaku never exist".
The main objective was to give others a different thought without the need to compare their main pairing, in this case, NaruSaku. I have read some posts from forums saying that Hinata's dream in chapter 678 is "romantic" but boring, especially compare to NaruSaku. So I thought to myself, "if NaruSaku never exist, would they say otherwise?" So to answer myself on what would I think it's nice to see them together, I can't say 100% sure that I think it wouldn't matter much. Part of me do like romance in a story, when not being disrupted badly, and if NaruHina is the only primary romance, I might say I will be forced to like it. Hard to say, if only NaruSaku never exist, it's hard to not think about it.
Yes, Hinata will do same thing she does in the manga, with or without NaruSaku I existence, but those kind of girls do that in other series, being glued on one character to the end. Do they win? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. In here, it will be no. The other part to mention is that NaruHina romance seems to be the old school way of doing, if not a way to write it without putting too much effort that will make Akira Toriyama a "A+" romance writer, while NaruSaku seems to be the next generation or something that should be done more often. Not the exact same, but be more deep about it, like selfless acts, dreams believer, etc. It feels like that one movie where one has old school love story, with two meet each other the first time, then boom, love, and later, shows the developmental of romance from scratch (friendship) that leads to true love. The winner ended up being the latter.
So I can't say I'm 100% sure that my opinion wouldn't change at all on NaruHina. I mean I won't invest it like I do with NaruSaku, let alone I hardly ship anything in any series, but I don't know if I would think it's adorable or anything. But I guess that's the world of what if for you.